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N.Y. Health Exchange Reports 591,000 New Yorkers Now Enrolled
Mar 12 2014 // New York State’s new health exchange reports more than 908,000 New Yorkers have completed applications for insurance while more than 591,000 of them have now enrolled for specific coverage. The state’s health...
USG Insurance Services Hires Finkelstein as Producer/Broker in N.Y.
Mar 12 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based national wholesaler and managing general agent, announced the expansion of their Staten Island, N.Y., operations with the addition of Eric Finkelstein as a...
NY Post Loses Bid to Throw Out Boston Marathon Bombing Defamation Suit
Mar 11 2014 // The New York Post lost its bid to throw out a defamation lawsuit by two men whose photo and the headline “BAG MEN” appeared on the tabloid’s front page last year during the manhunt for the Boston Marathon...
Preferred Mutual Promotes Lopata to Senior VP in New York
Mar 10 2014 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. in New Berlin, N.Y., has promoted Jeffrey Lopata to senior vice president and chief information officer. Lopata joined Preferred Mutual in 2005 as manager of the commercial lines e-business...
Car-Sharing Service RelayRides to Pay $200K Penalty to New York DFS
Mar 10 2014 // New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced its investigation has found that the car-sharing service RelayRides put New Yorkers at risk through false advertising, unlicensed insurance activity,...
Study Says N.Y. ‘Scaffold Law’ Drives Up Building Costs, Causes Injuries
Mar 10 2014 // A new study published in February is challenging the claim that New York’s Labor Law 240, also known as the “Scaffold Law,” improves workplace safety. The study argues New York incurs additional workplace...
N.J. Court Seeking Ways to Expedite Sandy Flood Litigation
Mar 10 2014 // A New Jersey federal court is seeking ways to expedite the litigation process for hundreds of flood insurance coverage-related cases that have been filed in wake of Superstorm Sandy. The court said it has received more...
People – East
Mar 10 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has appointed Tracey Caffrey Ant as senior vice president of field sales and execution for the company’s middle market segment. She will report to David Carter, head of The...
New York Assembly OKs Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill
Mar 7 2014 // New York’s Assembly passed a series of bills Wednesday intended to provide affordable child care, increase funding for child care subsidies and establish paid leave for medical emergencies, the birth or adoption of a...
Top Executives of Failed Dewey Law Firm Facing Fraud Charges
Mar 7 2014 // Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, once the No. 3 legal adviser to banks handling merger deals, were charged with a “blatant” $200 million fraud that spurred the largest law firm bankruptcy in...
U.S. Congresswoman: Flood Insurance Bill Bad for Michigan
Mar 5 2014 // A U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan wants her state to opt out of the National Flood Insurance Program, saying it’s not good for Michigan homeowners. U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) voted against H.R. 3370,...
Western N.Y. Man Accused of Faking Disability to Get Benefits
Mar 4 2014 // A western New York man says he’s been wrongly accused of faking a disability to obtain $9,000 a month in veterans’ and workers’ compensation benefits. Federal prosecutors in western New York announced...
Aon Hewitt Announces New Hire in New York Office
Mar 4 2014 // Aon Hewitt, the global human resource consulting business of Aon plc, recently announced the hire of Michael Yinger as the global recruitment process outsourcing delivery leader in New York. Yinger will be accountable for...
Study Says N.Y. ‘Scaffold Law’ Drives Up Construction Costs, Causes Injuries
Feb 27 2014 // A new study published this month challenges the claim that New York’s Labor Law 240, also known as the “Scaffold Law,” improves workplace safety. The study, titled “The Costs of Labor Law...
N.Y. Orthopedist Sentenced to 8 Years in LIRR Fraud Case
Feb 26 2014 // An orthopedist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for scheming to help New York’s Long Island Rail Road employees receive disability payments by exaggerating or making up ailments. Dr. Peter Lesniewski was...
N.J. Official: Sandy Contractor Ousted Over Performance
Feb 26 2014 // A member of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s cabinet acknowledged for the first time Monday that performance problems are the reason a contractor hired last year to handle applications for New Jersey’s biggest...
N.J. Court Seeking Ways to Expedite Sandy Flood Litigation Process
Feb 26 2014 // A New Jersey federal court is seeking ways to expedite the litigation process for hundreds of flood insurance coverage-related cases that have been filed in wake of Superstorm Sandy. The U.S. District Court for the...
Faulty Pipe Led to Deadly Carbon Monoxide Leak in N.Y. Mall, Official Says
Feb 25 2014 // A faulty water heater flue pipe caused the carbon monoxide leak that killed a New York restaurant manager and sent more than two dozen people to hospitals, a fire official said. Huntington Chief Fire Marshal Terence...
N.Y. Sen. Schumer Urges Privacy Guidelines for Car-Tracking Technology
Feb 25 2014 // New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on federal regulators to set guidelines to protect consumers as car companies collect personal information through “smart car” technology and sell it to third...
Northeast PIA Survey Shows Prices Rising, But at Slower Pace
Feb 24 2014 // In the first month of 2014, the PIA affiliates in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York conducted their second-annual Market Trends Survey and found that the heralded hard market may not be launching as...
